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Alan Taplow
Junior
Posts: 29
From: Plainfield VT, USA
Registered: Feb 2015
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posted March 15, 2015 10:51 AM
Just received a B&H 10MS sold as is from e-bay. Good news, the bulb lights, the motor runs. Bad news, the belt is a bunch of goo, (cleans up with alcohol) and the bearings on the shutter shaft are frozen --- the shutter will turn with lots of pressure but one of the bearings completely turns instead of the shaft turning within the bearing. Ordered a new belt on ebay, and while waiting for it, my task the next few days is to unfreeze the shutter shaft without wrecking the entire machine. Any one who has done this before? I'll post what I ran into and how I made out --- it's a good project for a snowy Ides of March here in Vermont.
Update --- a few hours later & some interesting challenges, I managed to pull out the shutter drive shaft. First removed one of the sprockets and the chain in order to make it easier to work on the shaft. One of the Phillips heads on the bearing holders were stripped out, so the screw driver wouldn't engage. So using a little diamond wheel on my moto-tool, ground a slot in the head which enabled me to put a lot of pressure with a regular slot head screw driver, and out it came. It was necessary to loosen the shutter/pulley (using a 1.5mm allen wrench), and with some twisting & turning got the shaft free and the bearings off, cleaned up and well lubricated, got everything re-installed. Using a rubber band till my drive belt comes, tested it out and everything seems to work. Now, just need to remold a broken take up hub, and maybe I can begin watching movies. If anyone has a similar issue, give me a hollar & I'd be happy to talk you thru what needs to be done. ataplow@gmail.com
[ March 15, 2015, 05:15 PM: Message edited by: Alan Taplow ]
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Alan Taplow
ataplow@gmail.com
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